Portfolio
Making Knowledge Accessible - Rethinking the Knowledge Library
Cities Alliances (hosted by UNOPS) is a global partnership fighting urban poverty and supporting cities to deliver sustainable development. Its knowledge library provides access to resources on urban challenges around the world. Users can search reports, articles, and events regarding new developments, policies, or solutions.
Cities Alliances set a goal to relaunch this knowledge library with increased accessibility and improved filtering options for search results. Users of the existing library had difficulty finding it, using the navigation, and staying within the flow of their research.
Designing a Press Release (print)
NiuPay offers cashless, financial technology solutions for government, state-owned, and small to medium enterprises. I was contracted to design their first press release. With a clear focus on increasing their brand recognition through improved layout, I accommodated visual elements including color palette and illustrations.
Responsive Website Design
GoldCashBuyers offer their customers money for unwanted jewelry and coins. I was asked to redesign their response website for desktop and mobile optimization, as well as alter the hierarchy. The site needed modernization, including the submission form which also required more prominence on the site.
Take Stock Magazine Issue 1 (print)
Pallas Foods were merging with Sysco, so I was contracted to design the first edition of their employee magazine “Take Stock”. Alongside regular content, this edition included details regarding the merge. As well as design, I enhanced graphical elements including color ranges, shapes, and typography.
Play Magazine Design (digital)
The “Play Magazine” is a solely digital publication offered by Virgin Media Ireland to its customers. Following specific branding guidelines, I designed the content and layout of articles, creating captivating headlines for each piece. Incorporating their recently rebranded style, I worked new colors, shapes, and elements into the content.
Educational social media posts on UX
Social media posts were created to educate and inform about relevant topics. These were divided into “nuggets” while keeping the content engaging. Our series called “Andra Asks Oz” included exploring questions from the blog. Following initial ideas, I redesigned cleaner, clearer versions of the posts.
Marketing Materials (print & digital)
UWorld offers customizable learning tools for exams and teaching tools for educators. In both print and digital form, I was commissioned to improve the user experience of the website and assist with marketing their products. This included flyers, banners, web pages, guides, blogs, paid social media advertisement, emails and brochures.
Sell Sheet (print)
ProPair is a Silicon Valley innovator that is empowering sales teams with machine-learning technology. Their goal is to improve the entire lead conversion lifecycle. I was commissioned to support their marketing efforts across different media channels, including the use of their branding and design elements.
Disaster Risk Management Made Simple
CIUrb determined that a mobile version of their existing disaster risk management web application was needed to provide their governmental users with faster, easier communication with citizens. The web app is being used in several countries to inform citizens of information in emergency situations. The mobile app adds the ability for citizens to actively participate in emergency management by reporting issues as well.
Proposing Solutions to Win Projects
City Works, is developing and providing advisory tools for better implementation of international agendas at a local level. For now, the platform is not interactive, and is simply a resource that indexes information and workshops. Their goal is to integrate these resources into one application that can be used virtually and remotely by its users.
Sustainable Housing and Urban Development Guideline Modernization
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) traditionally used a 60-page manual of guidelines to develop policies related to sustainable housing and urban development. I was approached to transform the manual into a modern, accessible resource. The challenge was to map out the information architecture of a new website and determine a prioritized information hierarchy, with an approach for managing less important content in an unobtrusive way.
Finding Opportunities to Urbanize Slums
In underdeveloped countries, slums still exist. These areas have no infrastructure like running water or electricity, and the people who call them home live in little more than lean-tos. The UN-Habitat Programme works to urbanize or develop areas where slums are located to provide adequate housing, resources, and programs for the residents. In order to identify which slums to prioritize, the group used a lengthy, manual process. I was asked to lead user strategy and design for the creation of the Electronic Strategic Financing Framework (E-SFF). E-SFF is a web-based application created to break down the complexity of the process while reducing the number of resources required to complete assessments. My job was to streamline the user experience, provide alternatives to monotonous data entry, and help users to work more autonomously.
Making Knowledge Accessible - Rethinking the Knowledge Library
Cities Alliances (hosted by UNOPS) is a global partnership fighting urban poverty and supporting cities to deliver sustainable development. Its knowledge library provides access to resources on urban challenges around the world. Users can search reports, articles, and events regarding new developments, policies, or solutions.
Cities Alliances set a goal to relaunch this knowledge library with increased accessibility and improved filtering options for search results. Users of the existing library had difficulty finding it, using the navigation, and staying within the flow of their research.
Designing a Press Release (print)
NiuPay offers cashless, financial technology solutions for government, state-owned, and small to medium enterprises. I was contracted to design their first press release. With a clear focus on increasing their brand recognition through improved layout, I accommodated visual elements including color palette and illustrations.
Responsive Website Design
GoldCashBuyers offer their customers money for unwanted jewelry and coins. I was asked to redesign their response website for desktop and mobile optimization, as well as alter the hierarchy. The site needed modernization, including the submission form which also required more prominence on the site.
Take Stock Magazine Issue 1 (print)
Pallas Foods were merging with Sysco, so I was contracted to design the first edition of their employee magazine “Take Stock”. Alongside regular content, this edition included details regarding the merge. As well as design, I enhanced graphical elements including color ranges, shapes, and typography.
Play Magazine Design (digital)
The “Play Magazine” is a solely digital publication offered by Virgin Media Ireland to its customers. Following specific branding guidelines, I designed the content and layout of articles, creating captivating headlines for each piece. Incorporating their recently rebranded style, I worked new colors, shapes, and elements into the content.
Educational social media posts on UX
Social media posts were created to educate and inform about relevant topics. These were divided into “nuggets” while keeping the content engaging. Our series called “Andra Asks Oz” included exploring questions from the blog. Following initial ideas, I redesigned cleaner, clearer versions of the posts.
Marketing Materials (print & digital)
UWorld offers customizable learning tools for exams and teaching tools for educators. In both print and digital form, I was commissioned to improve the user experience of the website and assist with marketing their products. This included flyers, banners, web pages, guides, blogs, paid social media advertisement, emails and brochures.
Sell Sheet (print)
ProPair is a Silicon Valley innovator that is empowering sales teams with machine-learning technology. Their goal is to improve the entire lead conversion lifecycle. I was commissioned to support their marketing efforts across different media channels, including the use of their branding and design elements.
Disaster Risk Management Made Simple
CIUrb determined that a mobile version of their existing disaster risk management web application was needed to provide their governmental users with faster, easier communication with citizens. The web app is being used in several countries to inform citizens of information in emergency situations. The mobile app adds the ability for citizens to actively participate in emergency management by reporting issues as well.
Proposing Solutions to Win Projects
City Works, is developing and providing advisory tools for better implementation of international agendas at a local level. For now, the platform is not interactive, and is simply a resource that indexes information and workshops. Their goal is to integrate these resources into one application that can be used virtually and remotely by its users.
Sustainable Housing and Urban Development Guideline Modernization
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) traditionally used a 60-page manual of guidelines to develop policies related to sustainable housing and urban development. I was approached to transform the manual into a modern, accessible resource. The challenge was to map out the information architecture of a new website and determine a prioritized information hierarchy, with an approach for managing less important content in an unobtrusive way.
Finding Opportunities to Urbanize Slums
In underdeveloped countries, slums still exist. These areas have no infrastructure like running water or electricity, and the people who call them home live in little more than lean-tos. The UN-Habitat Programme works to urbanize or develop areas where slums are located to provide adequate housing, resources, and programs for the residents. In order to identify which slums to prioritize, the group used a lengthy, manual process. I was asked to lead user strategy and design for the creation of the Electronic Strategic Financing Framework (E-SFF). E-SFF is a web-based application created to break down the complexity of the process while reducing the number of resources required to complete assessments. My job was to streamline the user experience, provide alternatives to monotonous data entry, and help users to work more autonomously.